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Catalogue  of 

A  Collection  of  Books  Letters  and 

Manuscripts    written    by 

Walt   Whitman 


In  the  Library  of 

George   M  Williamson 

Grand  View  on  Hudson 


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Jamaica  ©tteeiutborott 
1903 


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Note 


N  bringing  together  the  following 
books,  letters,  and  manuscripts  of 
Walt  Whitman,  I  have  endeavored 
to  collect  each  edition  from  the  first 
Brooklyn,  1855,  to  and  including 
the  Boston  edition  of  1897,  and 
ending  with  a  facsimile  of  the  title- 
page  of  the  Bible  given  to  Thomas  Donaldson. 

The  1855  paper  cover  edition  contains  the  portrait  in 
an  early  state  of  the  plate  printed  on  India  paper,  and 
not  on  the  plate-paper  found  in  the  cloth-bound  copies. 
The  cover  was  pink,  and  has  "  Leaves  of  Grass  "  across 
the  front  in  block  letters  (see  facsimile).  The  cloth- 
bound  copies  of  the  1855  edition  are  found  with  four 
preliminary  leaves  containing  notices  from  the  press. 
These  were  most  likely  remainders  bound  after  the  first 
issue  had  been  published. 

Of  the  1856  Brooklyn  edition  there  must  have  been  a 
smaller  number  issued,  as  it  is  quite  scarce,  and  although 
I  have  never  seen  a  copy  with  the  Fowler  &  Wells  title- 
page,  I  believe  such  exists,  and  hope  to  come  across  it 
some  day. 

The  1 860-6 1  edition  was  issued  by  Thayer  &  Eld- 
ridge  of  Boston,  who  failed  during  the  War  of  1861-65, 
and  the  plates  were  bought  by  a  New  York  firm  and 


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issued  with  the  same  title-page.  The  portrait  in  the  Bos 
ton  edition  (here  reproduced)  has  a  tinted  background, 
and  the  book  is  thicker,  being  about  i  $/%  inches,  while 
the  New  York  edition  is  only  about  i  inch,  in  thickness. 
The  binding  of  the  Boston  edition  is  heavily  embossed. 

The  pass  Whitman  used  in  going  about  his  errands  of 
mercy  during  that  dark  time  is  reproduced  in  facsimile. 

Drum-Taps  poster,  the  original  manuscript  from  which 
the  reduced  facsimile  was  made,  was  written  before  he 
added  "  When  Lilacs  Last  in  the  Door-yard  Bloom'd  "  to 
the  later  edition,  after  the  death  of  President  Lincoln. 

There  were  two  issues  of  the  Camden,  1876,  edition. 
Two  Rivulets  should  have  the  portrait  "  Photo'd  from  life, 
Sept.,  '72,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  by  G.  F.  E.  Pearsall,  Fulton 
St.,"  signed  "Walt  Whitman  born  May  31  1819".  A 
number  of  remainders,  some  without  portrait  and  others 
with  portrait  unsigned,  are  often  found.  The  correct 
edition  should  have  the  portrait  signed  as  above.  The 
second  issue  of  Leaves  of  Grass  has  a  new  title-page, 
"  With  Portraits  and  Intercalations"  (see  facsimile). 

The  manuscript  of  "  To  make  a  personal  item  "  was 
written  in  pencil  and  sent  to  a  New  York  journalist  for 
use  in  one  of  the  daily  papers  about  1870.  The  various 
manuscripts  and  corrected  proof-sheets  show  Walt  Whit 
man's  manner  of  work. 

The  portrait  used  as  a  frontispiece  in  this  volume  is 
from  an  oil-painting  by  J.  H.  Littlefield,  and  is  here  re 
produced  for  the  first  time  by  the  kind  permission  of 
Mr.  J.  H.  Johnston. 

G.  M.  W. 

Grand  View  on  Hudson,  November  15,  1902. 


Catalogue 


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The  New  World. 

Extra  Series.  Number  34. 

New-York,  November,  1842. 


Franklin   Evans; 

Or 
The  Inebriate. 


A  Tale  of  The  Times. 


By  Walter  Whitman. 

Pamphlet  of  32  pp.,  uncut.     Published  as  an  extra  to  "The  New 
World."     Last  page  contains  advertisement  of  "New  Works  in  Press." 

2 

Voices   from   the    Press; 

A  Collection 

Of 
Sketches,  Essays,  and  Poems, 

By 

Practical  Printers. 

Edited  by 
James  J.  Brenton. 

New-York: 

Charles  B.  Norton,  71  Chambers-Street, 
(Irving  House.) 

1850. 
Pages  27-33  contain  "The  Tomb  Blossoms,"  by  Walter  Whitman. 


anfc  ft£anu£mpt£  of  Walt  f&ijitman 


Leaves 

of 

Grass. 


Brooklyn,  New  York: 
1855. 

Pink  paper  wrapper,  "Leaves  of  Grass  "  printed  in  block  letters  across 
wrapper,  end  wrapper  blank.  Portrait  printed  on  India  paper  and  pasted 
on  plate  paper.  Portrait  in  early  state  of  the  plate.  Cloth-bound  copies 
have  portrait  on  plate-paper,  and  title  in  gold  across  cover  in  rustic  type. 

Pages  xii  (including  title),  95,  end  blank.  Copyright  on  verso  of  title: 
"Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress  in  the  year  1855,  by  Walter 
Whitman,  in  the  Clerk's  office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States 
for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York." 

Page  of  manuscript  by  Whitman,  "Of  Emerson,"  inserted. 

learn  of  Grim 


Facsimile  of  the  lettering  on  the  cover  of  number  3. 

Leaves 

of 
Grass. 


Brooklyn,  New  York, 

1856. 

Green  cloth,  3^x6^.    Same  portrait  used  as  in  1855  edition.     On 
the  cover  is  a  quotation  from  an  Emerson  letter  : 

"I  Greet  You  at  the  Beginning  of  A 

Great  Career     R  W  Emerson  " 

Pages  iv  (including  title),  384,  i  p.  advertisement  at  end.     Copyright 
on  verso  of  title,  dated  1856. 


Leaves 


of 


Grass 


Brooklyn,     New    York: 
1855. 

Facsimile  of  the  title-page  of  number  3. 


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Facsimile  of  a  page  of  manuscript  inserted  in  number  3. 


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In  availing  myself  of  the  I 
affirm  that  1  will  support,  " 

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fort,  or  information  to  its  c^—p—g  . 

with  a  full  determination,  tffi*  Oo(] 

mental  reservation  or  cvasi*-. 


Walt  Whitman's  pass. 


Reproduction  of  the  portrait  with  tinted  background  as  found  in  the  first  issue  of  number  5. 


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Leaves 

of 

Grass. 


Boston, 

Thayer  and  Eldridge, 

Year  85  of  The  States. 

(1860-61) 

Brown  cloth,  4^x7^,  heavy  embossed  cloth  with  tinted  portrait; 
also  to  be  found  bound  in  plum-colored  cloth,  portrait  without  color  tint. 
The  latter  is  an  issue  printed  by  the  Worthington  Company  from  the 
plates  of  the  Thayer  &  Eldridge  edition,  and  measures  4^4  X7%-  The 
correct  first  edition  has  a  butterfly  stamped  in  gilt  on  the  cover. 

Pages  iv  (including  title),  456.  Copyright  on  verso  of  title ;  also 
"  Electrotyped  at  the  Boston  Stereotype  Foundry.  Printed  by  George 
C.  Rand  &  Avery." 

6~~ 

Walt  Whitman's 
Drum-Taps. 


New  York. 
1865. 

Brown  cloth,  4^x7^5,  "Drum-Taps"  stamped  on  gold  ground  on 
front  cover;  pp.  iv  (including  title  and  leaf  of  contents),  72. 
Second  issue  includes 

"Sequel  to  Drum-Taps. 
(Since  the  preceding  came  from  the  press.) 

When  Lilacs  Last  In  The  Door- Yard  Bloom' d. 
And  Other  Pieces. 


Washington. 
1865-6." 
Pages  24. 


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Facsimile  of  autograph  letter  referring  to  number  6.      i  page,  410. 


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Leaves 

Of 
Grass. 


New-York. 
1867. 

Dark  brown  half-morocco,  4^  x  7^  ;  pp.  iv  (including  title  and  table 
of  contents),  blank  leaf  unnumbered,  338.  Later  copies  have  added 
"Drum-Taps,"  pp.  72,  blank  leaf;  "Sequel  to  Drum-Taps,"  pp.  24, 
blank  leaf;  "Songs  Before  Parting,"  pp.  36. 


Poems 

By 

Walt   Whitman. 

Selected  And  Edited 

By 
William  Michael  Rossetti. 

Or  si  sa  il  nome,  o  per  tristo  o  per  buono, 
E  si  sa  pure  al  mondo  ch'io  ci  sono. 

Michelangelo. 

(Publisher's  device.) 

London : 

John  Camden  Hotten,  Piccadilly. 
1868. 

Blue  cloth,  41^x7^,  uncut;  half-title,  portrait  with  facsimile  of 
signature,  title,  verso  blank,  page  quotations,  page  concerning  portrait, 
dedication  "To  William  Bell  Scott,"  two  leaves  contents,  prefatory  no 
tice,  preface  to  "Leaves  of  Grass,"  etc.,  pp.  xii,  403. 


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Poems 
By 

Walt   Whitman. 

Selected  And  Edited 

By 
William  Michael  Rossetti. 

Manuscript  of  dedication,  prefatory  notice,  and  proof-sheets  corrected 
by  W.  M.  Rossetti.     Half-morocco. 

10 

Leaves 

of 

Grass. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

1871. 

See  Advertisement  at  end  of  this  Volume. 


Green  paper  wrapper,  uncut ;  pp.  vi  (including  title,  verso  copyright 
notice  dated  1870,  "  Electrotyped  by  Smith  &  McDougal,  82  Beekman 
Street,  New  York"),  384. 

Postal  card  inclosed  signed  "W  W". 

1 1 

Memoranda. 

Democratic 
Vistas. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

1871. 
jggsT1  See  Advertisement  at  end  of  this  Volume. 

Green  paper  wrapper,  uncut,  4^x8  1-16;  pp.  84  (including  title, 
copyright  notice  on  verso  of  title,  same  as  "  Leaves  of  Grass  "  of  i  87 1 ). 
Advertisement  on  back  of  cover. 

Presentation  copy  to  "  M.  B.  Brady,  from  his  friend,  Walt  Whitman." 


LEAVES 


GRASS 


Washington,  D.  C. 
1871. 

See  ADVERTISEMENT  at  end  of  this  Volume. 
Facsimile  of  title-page  of  number  10. 


3letter£  anti  a$amt£cript£  of  Walt  Wfyitmsm 


12 

Leaves  of  Grass. 

Passage 

to 

India. 

Gliding  o'er  all,  through  all, 
Through  Nature,  Time,  and  Space, 
As  a  Ship  on  the  waters  advancing, 
The  Voyage  of  the  Soul  —  not  Life  alone, 
Death  —  many  Deaths,  I  sing. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

1871. 
ee  Advertisement  at  end  of  this  Volume. 


Green  paper  wrapper,  uncut,  5x8;  pp.  iv,  i  20.  Copyright  and  elec 
trotype  notices  same  as  "Leaves  of  Grass"  of  same  date.  Advertise 
ment  on  back  of  cover. 

13 

Leaves 

of 

Grass. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

1872. 

Green  cloth,  uncut,  4^x7^5;  pp.  vi,  384,  120.  Copyright  same 
as  1871  edition. 

Printed  from  the  plates  of  the  1871  edition  of  "  Leaves  of  Grass  "  and 
"  Passage  to  India." 

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[Proofs  —  Office  American  Institute,  New  York.] 

After   all,  Not   to    Create   only. 

[Recited  by  Walt  Whitman,  on  invitation  of  Directors  American  Institute,  on  Open 
ing  of  their  4Oth  Annual  Exhibition,  New  York,  noon,  September  7,  1871.] 

Pearson,  Printer,  Washington 
1  1  pp.  quarto. 


[PROOFS— OFFICE  AMERICAN  INSTITUTE,  NEW  YORK.] 


AFTER  ALL,  NOT  TO  CREATE  ONLY. 

[fiecited  by  WALT  WHITMAN,  on.invitation  of  Directors  American  Institute,  on  Open 
ing  of  their  40th  Annual  Exhibition,  New  York,  noon,  September  7, 1871.] 


1. 

A  FTER  all,  not  to  create  only,  or  found  only, 
"^    But  to  bring,  perhaps  from  afar,  what  is  already  founded, 
To  give  it  our  own  identity,  average,  limitless,  free ; 
To  fill  the  gross,  the  torpid  bulk  with  vital  religious  fire ; 
Not  to  repel  or  destroy,  so  much  as  accept,  fuse,  rehabilitate ; 
To  obey,  as  well  as  command — to  follow,  more  than  to  lead ; 
These  also  are  the  lessons  of  our  New  World ; 
— While  how  little  the  New,  after  all — how  much  the  Old,  Old 
World ! 


Long,  long,  long,  has  the  grass  been  growing, 
Long  and  long  has  the  rain  been  falling, 
Long  has  the  globe  been  rolling  round. 

2. 

Come,  Muse,  migrate  from  Greece  and  Ionia ; 

Cross  out,  please  those  immensely  overpaid  accounts, 

That  matter  of  Troy,  and  Achilles'  wrath,  and  Eneas',  Odysseus' 

wanderings ; 
Placard  "Removed"  and  "  To  Let"  on  the  rocks  of  your  snowy 

Parnassus ; 
Repeat  at  Jerusalem — place  the  notice  high  on  Jaffa's  gate,  and 

on  Mount  Moriah; 
The  same  on  the  walls  of  your  Gothic  European  Cathedrals,  and 

German,  French  and  Spanish  Castles; 
For  know  a  better,  fresher,  busier  sphere — a  wide,  untried  do 

main  awaits,  demands  you. 

Facsimile  of  first  page  of  number  14. 


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Facsimile  of  first  page  of  number  16. 


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After  All,  Not  To 
Create   Only. 

Recited  by  Walt  Whitman  on  Invitation  of 
Managers  American  Institute,  on  Opening 
their  4Oth  Annual  Exhibition,  New  York, 
noon,  September  7,  1871. 

(Publishers'  device.) 

Boston : 

Roberts  Brothers. 
1871. 

Brown  cloth;  half-title,  title,  pp.  vii,  24,  blank  leaf,  leaf  "From  the 
Washington  Chronicle,  Sept.  n,"  verso  "American  Institute,  Sept. 
nth,  1871." 


Manuscript. 

As   a   Strong   Bird   on 
Pinions   Free. 

Pages  xx. 


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17 

Leaves  of  Grass. 

As   a   Strong   Bird   on 
Pinions    Free. 

And  Other  Poems. 


Washington,  D.  C. 

1872. 

Green  cloth,  uncut ;  title,  page  contents,  6  pp.  preface,  dated  "Wash 
ington,  D.  C.,  May  31,  1872,"  pp.  x  ;  "One  Song,  America,  Before  I 
Go,"  one  leaf;  "Souvenirs  of  Democracy,"  facsimile  signature,  one 
leaf;  pp.  14;  "Virginia — The  West,"  "  By  Broad  Potomac's  Shore," 
one  leaf,  unnumbered ;  blank  leaf,  8  pp.  advertisements. 

Presentation  copy  "From  Walt  Whitman,  1887." 

18 

Memoranda 
During  the  War. 

By  Walt  Whitman. 


Author's  Publication. 

Camden,  New  Jersey. 

1875-76. 

Maroon  cloth,  stamped  in  gold  on  cover  ;  leaf  "  Remembrance  Copy  " 
and  Personal  Note,  portrait  same  as  in  first  edition,  wood-cut,  title, 
verso  copyright  notice,  pp.  68  (including  title-page,  advertisement  of 
"Walt  Whitman's  Works,  Two  Volumes,"  etc.) 

Presentation  copy. 


FYom 


PERSONAL-NOTE. 


Dear  Friend  : 
I  do  not  hesitate  to  briefly  precede  your  Remembrance- 

Copy  with  some  biographical  facto  of  myself,  I  know  you  will  like  to  have  — 
also,  to  bind  in,  for  your  eye  and  thought,  the  little  Portraits  that  follow*. 

I  was  born  May  31,  1819,  in   mv  father's  farm-house,  at 

West  Hills,  L.  I.,  New  York  State.  My  parents'  folks  mostly  farm«rs  and 
sailors—  on  my  father'*  side,  of  English—  on  my  mother's,  (Van  Velsor'*,) 
from  Hollandic  immigration. 

We  mowed  to   Brooklyn  while  I  was  still  a  little  one  in 

frocks—  ami  there  In  B.  I  grew  tip  out  of  the  frocks—  then,  as  child  and  boy, 
went  to  the  public  schools  —  then  to  work  in  a  printing  offlce.f 

When  only  sixteen  or  seventeen  years  old,  and  for  two 

years  afterward,  I  went  to  teaching  country  schools  down  in  Queens  and 
Suffolk  counties,  Long  Island,  and  "boarded  round."  Then,  returning  to 
New  York,  worked  as  printer  and  writer,  (with  an  occasional  shy  at 
-poetry.") 


Au 


*  The  picture  in  shirt-sleeves  was  daguerreotyped  from  life,  one  hot  day  in 
August,  1855,  by  my  friend  Gabriel  Harrison,  in  Fulton  St.,  Brooklyn— and 
here  drawn  on  steel  by  McUae— (was  a  very  faithful  and  characteristic  like 
ness  at  the  time.)  The  head  that  follows  was  photographed  from  life, 
Wellington.  1R72.  by  Geo.  C.  Potter,  here  drawn  on  wood  by  W.  J.  Linton. 

t  There  was.  first  and  last,  a  large  family  of  children  ;  (I  was  the  second.) 
"Besides  those  mentioned  above,  were  my  elder  brother  Jesse,  my  dear  sister 
Mary,  my  brother  Andrew,  and  then  my  youngest  brother  Edward,  falways 
badly  crippled— as  1  now  :ini  of  hite  years.) 


Facsimile  of  page  from  number  1 8. 


Leaves 


OF 


GRASS 


COME,  said  my  Soul, 

Such  verses  for  my  Body  let  us  write,  (for  we  are  one,) 

That  should  I  after  death  invisibly  return, 

Or,  long,  long  hence,  in  other  spheres, 

There  to  some  group  of  mates  the  chants  resuming, 

(Tallying  Earth's  soil,  trees,  winds,  tumultuous  waves,) 

Ever  with  pleased  smile  I  may  keep  on, 

Ever  and  ever  yet  the  verses  owning — as,  first,  I  here  and  now, 

Signing  for  Soul  and  Body,  set  to  them  my  name, 


AUTHOR'S  EDITION, 

Portrait  from  l\ft. 


CAMDEN,   NEW   JERSE'Y. 
1876. 

Facsimile  of  title-page  of  number  19. 


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19 

Leaves 

Of 
Grass. 

(Nine-line  poem,  signed  "Walt  Whitman"  in  autograph.) 

Author's  Edition, 
With  Portraits  from  life. 
Camden,  New  Jersey. 
1876.   ' 

Half-calf;  pp.  vi,  384,  blank  leaf,  page  advertisement. 
Presentation  copy,  "H  R  Haweis  from  the  Author". 


For  the  Eternal  Ocean  bound, 

These  ripples,  passing  surges,  streams  of  Death  and  Life. 


Two 
Rivulets 

Including  Democratic  Vistas,  Centennial 
Songs,  and  Passage  to  India. 

Author's  Edition. 

Camden,  New  Jersey. 

1876. 

Half-calf;  pp.  32  (including  title  "Two  Rivulets"),  blank  leaf;  title 
"Democratic  Vistas,"  pp.  84,  blank  leaf;  title  "Centennial  Songs, 
1876,"  18  pp.  (including  title),  blank  leaf ;  title  "As  a  Strong  Bird  on 
Pinions  Free,"  leaf  contents,  preface  pp.  x,  two  unnumbered  leaves,  14 
pp.,  blank  page;  title  "Memoranda  During  the  War,"  pp.  68,  blank 
leaf;  title  "Passage  to  India,"  leaf  contents,  pp.  120,  blank  leaf,  page 
advertisement. 

Portrait  "Photo'd  from  life,  Sept.,  '72,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,"  signed 
"Walt  Whitman  born  May  31  1819". 

Presentation  copy,  "H   R  Haweis  from  the  Author". 


Facsimile  of  portrait  from  number  20. 


For  the  Eternal  Ocean  bound, 

These  ripples,  passing  surges,  streams  of  Death  and  Life. 


TWO 


RIVULETS 


Including  DEMOCRATIC  VISTAS,  CENTENNIAL 
SONGS,  and  PASSAGE  TO  INDIA. 


AUTHOR'S  EDITION. 
CAMDEN,   NEW    JERSEY. 

1876. 
Facsimile  of  title-page  of  number  10. 


Hetter^  anfc  &?anu£cript0  of  Walt  pitman 

21 

Leaves 

Of 
Grass. 

(Nine-line  poem,  signed  "Walt  Whitman"  in  autograph.) 

Author's  Edition, 
With  Portraits  and  Intercalations. 

Camden,  New  Jersey. 
1876.   " 

Half-calf;  new  title-page,  "With  Portraits  and  Intercalations."  Same 
as  previous  edition,  except  having  new  title-page  without  printer's  name  on 
verso,  and  at  end  of  table  of  contents  a  slip  pasted  as  follows : 

Intercalations. 

As  in  a  Swoon        ......  page  207 

The  Beauty  of  the  Ship         ....  "     247 

When  the  Full-Grown  Poet  Came      .          .          .  "359 

After  an  Interval          .          .          .          .          .  "369 

On  each  of  these  pages  will  be  found  pasted  a  slip  containing  the  poem 
indicated,  headed  "Intercalation." 
Presentation  copy. 


Leaves 

of 
Grass 

(Publishers'  device. ) 

Boston 

James  R.  Osgood  And  Company 
1881-82 

Orange  cloth,  signature  stamped  on  cover;  pp.  382.     Suppressed  edi 
tion. 

Name  of  "John  Russell  Young"  on  fly-leaf. 


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GRASS 


COME,  said  my  Soul, 

Such  verses  for  my  Body  let  us  write,  (for  we  are  one,) 

That  should  I  after  death  invisibly  return, 

Or,  long,  long  hence,  in  other  spheres, 

There  to  some  group  of  mates  the  chants  resuming, 

(Tallying  Earth's  soil,  trees,  winds,  tumultuous  waves,) 

Ever  with  pleased  smile  I  may  keep  on. 

Ever  and  ever  yet  the  verses  owning — as,  first,  I  here  and 

now, 
Signing  for  Soul  and  Body,  set  to  them  my  name, 


AUTHOR'S  EDITION, 

With  Portrait*  and  Intercalation*. 

CAMDEN,  NEW  JERSEY. 
1876. 

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[From  the  North  American  Review.] 

Poetry   to-day   in   America  —  Shakspere 
—  the   Future. 

Corrected  proof-sheets  of  above  article;  pp.  195-210  North  American 
Review  for  February,  1881. 

24 

Leaves 

of 

Grass 

(Nine-line  poem,  signed  "Walt  Whitman"  in  autograph.) 

Author's  Edition 

Camden,  New  Jersey 

1882 

Green  cloth,  pp.  382.     Copyright  notice  dated  1881. 
Printed  from  the  suppressed  plates  of  Boston  edition. 


Leaves 

of 

Grass 

(Device.) 

Philadelphia. 

David  McKay, 

No.  23  South  Ninth  Street. 

1884. 

Original  orange  cloth,  uncut  ;  pp.  404.    Copyright  notice  dated  1  88  1  ; 
''Sherman  &  Co.,  Printers,  Philadelphia." 
Signature  of  Walt  Whitman  written  across  title. 


[from  the  Noam  AMERICAN  EKVIKW.] 


STRANGE  as  it  may  seeru,  the  topmost  proof  of  a  race  is  its  own 
born  poetry.  The  presence  of  that,  or  the  absence,  each  tells  its 
story.  As  the  flowering  rose  or  lily,  as  the  ripened  fruit  to  a 
tree,  the  apple  or  the  peach,  no  m&.tter  how  fine  the  trunk,  or 
copious  or  rich  the  branches  and  foliage,  here  waits  sine  qua  non 
at  last  The  stamp  of  entire  and  firu'shecl^greatness  to  any  nation, 
to  the  American  Republic  among  the  res-qanust  be  sternly  with 
held  till  it  ha»s  eag^oafced  itoclf;  a»^  .put  w^at  it  stands  for  in 
the  blossom  of  original,  first-class  poems.  3gs?  imitations  wilLrto. 

And  though  no  fsttetik  worthy  the  present  condition  or  future 
certainties  ^the  Mew  World  seems  to  have  been  ®»>n  outlined 
in  men?s  minds, ' 
needed,  i  am  cle 
definite  and  native^ 
mere  political,  geoj 
eminence,  however 
(as  I  have  before  like 
well-appointed  body,  am 


thought 

itil  the  United  States  have  just  such 
in  the  highest  artistic  fields,  their 
Ith-f  orming,  and  even  intellectual 
and  predominant,  will  constitute 
\.)  a  more  and  more  expanded  and 
rhaps  brain,  with  little  or  no  soul. 


Sugar-coat  the  grim  trn  may,  and  wanToff  with  outward 


plausible  words,  denjjj 
ception  of  the 
For  the  meanings 
the  constructing  o: 
comforts  for  the  miBKm,  b 
with  science  and  the  mode 
sociology  and  imag 
eaarried~e»t  find,  esfcab. 
hold,  the  first-named 


ations,  to  thejnental  inward  per 
is  plain,  '"^barren  YOid  exists, 
purposes  of  these  States  are  not 
politics  merely,  and  physical 

more  ^determinedly,  in  range 

of  a»ne^v  world  of  democratic 
r  were  not 
nt  tie  ami 


v-'  *  In  1850,  Emerson  Said 
prases:  "No,  yoiijjiust  not  be  too 
which  can  be  sai<feto  repres&it  the 
is  not  yet  come.    When  he  coves 


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yet  any  poetry- 

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r  differently." 


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Leaves 

of 

Grass 

(Publisher's  device.) 

Philadelphia. 
David  McKay, 

No.  23  South  Ninth  Street. 
1884. 

Green  cloth  ;  pp.  382.     "Sherman  &  Co.,  Printers,  Philadelphia." 
Printed  from  the  plates  of  the  suppressed  Boston  edition  of  1881. 

27 

Specimen 

Days 
&   Collect 

By  Walt  Whitman, 

Author  of  "Leaves  of  Grass." 


Philadelphia: 

Rees  Welsh  &  Co., 

No.  23  South  Ninth  Street. 

1882-^3. 

Paper  cover,  uncut;  pp.  376,  one  leaf  advertisement  at  end.  Later 
copies  have  the  imprint  of  David  McKay. 

Walt  Whitman's  copy.  Inserted  are  portraits  of  his  father  and 
mother,  and  on  pp.  u  and  20  the  words  "my  dearest  mother,"  "my 
dear  father,"  are  underlined. 

Presentation  copy  "  from  Walt  Whitman  Camden  New  Jersey  March 

14  1887". 


By  WALT  WHITMAN, 

Author  of  "  LEAVES  OF  GRASS." 


PHILADELPHIA: 

REES    WELSH    &    CO., 

No.  23  SOUTH  NINTH  STREET. 
i882-'83. 

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November  O 
O   Boughs 
By  Walt  Whitman 

Philadelphia 

David  McKay,  23  South  Ninth  Street 
1888 

Maroon  flexible  cloth,  also  published  in  green  cloth,  uncut;  pp.  140, 
page  advertisement. 

Presentation  copy.     Manuscript  and  corrected  proof-sheets  inclosed. 

29 

November   Boughs. 

Proof-sheets  corrected  by  Walt  Whitman. 
3° 

Leaves 

of 

Grass 

with  Sands  at  Seventy 
&  A  Backward  Glance  o'er  Travel'd  Roads. 

May  31,  1889. 

To-day,  finishing  my  joth  year,  the  fancy  comes  for  celebrating  it 
by  a  special,  complete,  final  utterance,  in  one  handy  volume,  of 
L.  of  G.,  with  their  Annex,  and  Backward  Glance  —  and  for 
stamping  and  sprinkling  all  with  portraits  and  facial  photos, 
such  as  they  actually  were,  taken  from  life,  different  stages. 
Doubtless,  anyhow,  the  volume  is  more  A  PERSON  than  a  book. 
And  for  testimony  to  all,  (and  good  measure,)  I  here  with 
pen  and  ink  append  my  name  : 

Walt  Whitman 

Portraits  from  Life.     Autograph.     Special  Ed'n. 

(300  copies  only  printed  —  $5  each.) 

Black  morocco  ;  pp.  404.  Pocketbook  edition,  with  inside  pocket. 
"A  Backward  Glance  o'er  Travel'd  Roads,"  pp.  18,  also  to  be 
found  bound  in  same  manner,  but  without  flap  and  inside  pocket. 


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31 

Complete 

(Portrait) 

Poems   &   Prose 
of  Walt  Whitman 

1855  .  .  .   1888 

Authenticated  &  Personal  Book  (handled  by  W.  W.)  .  .  . 
Portraits  from  Life  .  .  .  Autograph. 

Large  8vo,  half-cloth,  uncut.  "Leaves  of  Grass,"  pp.  382,  title  and 
note  at  beginning,  not  numbered,  two  leaves;  "Specimen  Days,"  half- 
title,  pp.  374;  "November  Boughs,"  portrait,  half-title,  pp.  140,  one 
leaf  note  at  end.  Portraits  face  pp.  29  and  206. 

32 

Good-Bye 
My    Fancy 

id  Annex  to  Leaves  of  Grass 


Philadelphia 

David  McKay,  Publisher 

23  South  Ninth  Street 

1891 

Green  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  top  ;  pp.  66.     Portrait  faces  title. 


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33 

Leaves 

of 

Grass 

Including 

Sands  at  Seventy  ...  ist  Annex, 
Good-Bye  my  Fancy  .  .  .  26.  Annex, 
A  Backward  Glance  o'er  Travel'd  Roads, 
and  Portrait  from  Life 

(Nine-line  poem,  facsimile  signature  of  Walt  Whitman.) 

Philadelphia 

David  McKay,  Publisher 

23  South  Ninth  Street 

1891-'^ 

Paper  cover,  uncut,  paper  label  ;  pp.  438. 
Presentation  copy  "from  Walt  Whitman". 

34 

Leaves   Of  Grass 

Including 

Sands  at  Seventy,  Good  Bye  My  Fancy 

Old  Age  Echoes,  and  A  Backward  Glance 

O'er  Travel'd  Roads 

By 

Walt  Whitman 

(Publishers'  device.) 

Boston 

Small,  Maynard  &  Company 
1897 

Green  cloth  ;  portrait  facing  title,  title,  leaf  poem,  and  author's  note 
unnumbered,  pp.  455. 


Slctterg  and  Stpanugmptg  of  itealt  tte&itman 

35 

The 

Wound   Dresser 

A  Series  of  Letters 

Written  from  the  Hospitals  in  Washington 
During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 

By 
Walt  Whitman 

Edited  by 
Richard  Maurice  Bucke,  M.D. 

One  of  Whitman's  Literary  Executors 
(Publishers'  device.) 

Boston 
Small,  Maynard  &  Company 


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"Printed  by  John  Wilson  &  Son,"  unnumbered),  201. 

The  earliest  copies  of  the  first  edition  have  the  publishers'  device  out 
of  center.  This  was  corrected  after  about  25  copies  had  been  printed. 


Calamus  *X  A  Series  Of  Letters  Written 
During  The  Years  1868-1880  By  Walt 
Whitman  To  A  Young  Friend  (Peter  Doyle) 
&  Edited  With  An  Introduction  By  Richard 
Maurice  Bucke  M.D.  One  Of  Whitman's 
Literary  Executors  %#*#%#*#*#****** 

(Quotation  from  "Leaves  of  Grass,"  edition  of  1892.) 

Published  by  Laurens  Maynard  at  287  Congress 
Street  in  Boston  MDCCCXCVII  &  J>  j*  jfi  jfi 

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Notes  and  Fragments:  Left  By  Walt 
Whitman  And  Now  Edited  By  Dr.  Richard 
Maurice  Bucke,  One  Of  His  Literary  Ex 
ecutors. 

"Waifs  from  the  deep  cast  high  and  dry." 

—  Leaves  of  Grass,  p.  278. 

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